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Go.Grolier.Com--For Your Research!

Find it faster and easier with Grolier Online, the "content connection".

King Open is pleased to share the news that students, teachers and parents can now access Grolier KIDS Online (Grades 1-5) and Grolier PASSPORT (Grades 6 and up) in school and out of school. Watch for posters around the building for passwords and usernames.

In our effort to promote an "non-google" school environment, please begin your search here--Information for reports, safe web links, magazines, newspapers, international news sources, homework help, biographies, multimedia, interactive maps, dictionaries, current events, science experiments and projects, and articles.

President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

This day in history, November 19, 1863, President Lincoln delivered his "Gettysburg Address" during the Civil War in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. President Lincoln delivered this speech in reference to the "new birth of freedom". Click here to learn more and see more photos of this historical day.

For AUDIO, click here to listen to this powerful speech. Please give only a minute to click and play to have your students listen to one of the most important speeches in history!

Click here to See the "Photo of the Day"

Please come back and visit this post/section daily to share the "Photo-of-the-Day" from National Geographic. You can see animals such as these eloquent elephants from making their way through the swamp grass in Kenya's Amboseli National Park.

Learn about other parts of the globe through these colorful and brilliant pictures. Your students will love them.

Photo Galleries at National Geographic

What better way to make learning come alive with these amazing photos from National Geographic photo gallery.

Images include scenes from underwater, underwater exploration pictures, Titanic discoveries, coral, giant sea creatures, whales, squid and narwhals! Click the word "comments" in green below and write here to share what your favorite picture is of the underwater world and why!

Discovery of King Tut, November 5, 1922

Howard Carter found what he was looking for on November 5, 1922. Born in London, Carter and his team of archaeologists explored Egypt. After years of combing through the sands of Egypt, on November 5, 1922 Carter knew he found something special..."A magnificant tomb with seals intact".